IG Group Holdings plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (8297V)

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RNS Number : 8297V

IG Group Holdings plc

11 August 2020

IG Group Holdings PLC

11 August 2020

LEI: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IG Group Holdings PLC (the "Company"), a global leader in online trading, confirms that on 07 August 2020 it was notified of the following transactions carried out in respect of the Company's ordinary shares of 0.005p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Matthew Brief, Chief Product Officer (the "Transactions").

Details of the Transactions are set out below and in the attached notification as required by the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Purchase of Shares

 
 Date and place    Director   Nature of Transaction      Price per Share 
  of Transaction 
                              Purchase of Derivative     GBP7.35783 
  07 August         Matthew    (Spread Bet) equivalent 
  2020              Brief      to 50,000 Ordinary 
  United Kingdom               Shares 
                  ---------  -------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                              Matthew Brief 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                   Chief Product Officer for IG Group 
                                         Holdings PLC 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment   Initial Notification 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                              IG Group Holdings PLC 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                               2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) 
       each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) 
       each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
       conducted 
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 a)   Description of the financial      Ordinary Shares of 0.005 pence 
       instrument, type of instrument    GB00B06QFB75 
       Identification code 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the transaction         Purchase of Derivative (Spread Bet) 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)              Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                           GBP7.35783    50,000 
                                                        ---------- 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)        Aggregated information        50,000 
                                          GBP367,891.50 
             *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
             *    Price 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction           2020-08-07 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction          Outside a trading venue 
     --------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

For further information, please contact:

IG Group:

Investors contact

   Liz Scorer, Head of Investor Relations                                     [phone] 

[e-mail]

Press contact

   Ramon Kaur, Head of Communications                                  [phone] 

[e-mail]

About IG

IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous, people to access opportunities in over 16,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does.

IG's vision is to provide the world's best trading experience. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial derivatives firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.

IG is an award-winning, multi-platform trading company which allows retail, professional and institutional clients to trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week*. IG is the world's No.1 provider of CFDs** and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees and offers an execution-only stock trading service in the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.

IG is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America. IG Group Holdings plc holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.

*Excluding 10pm Friday (GMT) to 4am Saturday (GMT)

**Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2019).

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